Folding bed.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

A. H. ANDREWS. FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.15, 1904.

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FOLDING BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed August 15, 1904. Serial No. 220,777.

To (all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. ANDREWS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding beds, the details of which will be clear from the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is an end view of a bedstead ,and mattress frame embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a front side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing one of the hinged and sliding connections between the bedstead and mattress frames, the latter being shown in its horizontal position. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing one of the slots in the mattress-frame. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the bedstead and mattress frames folded. Fig. 6 is a similar view,

partly broken away, showing the frames un-' folded. Fig. 7 is an end view of a bedstead and mattress frame in which one of the legs shown in Fig. 1 is omitted and a different form of hinged and sliding joint is shown between the mattress and bedstead frames, and Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, of the drawings, A and A indicate the two end frames or head and foot of the bedstead, which frames are alike in construction. Each end frame consists of a short stationary section a, having front and rear vertical posts or rods 1 and 2, respectively, which are connected at the top by a cross-piece 3 and near the bottom by a cross-piece 4 and extended below the latter cross-piece to form legs 1 and 2, and a longer folding section b, which is hinged to the short stationary section by means of lugs 5 and 6 encircling the post 1 near its upper and lower ends, as shown. Each section I) has at its forward end a leg 7,

which, as shown, is a continuation of the post or rod 7. In the drawings the frames shown are each substantially rectangular. The stationary sections a of the end frames of the bedstead are rigidly connected together by means of a brace-rod 8, detachably secured by joints 8' to both of the rear posts 2 and by a brace-rod 9, similarly secured to the posts 1. The rods 8 and 9 are a little lower than the end pieces 4. The folding sections 6 swing about thelr vertlcal axes, and when the bed is folded these sections lie in substantially the same vertical plane as shown in Fig. 5, the posts 7 lying close to one another. In order to permit the sections to fold fiat or into the same plane, the brace 9 is bent inward slightly at the center, as indicated by the numeral 9 in Figs. 5 and 6. To each end of the mattress-frame B, (shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive,) and near the rear side of the frame is secured a plate or bracket 10, which has ahorizontal slot 11 below the bottom line of the main part of the mattress-frame. These slots have recesses 11 extending upwardly and forwardly from the rear ends of the slots. Horizontal trunnions 12 are secured to the cross bars 4:, and these trunnions project through the slots 11. WVhen the bedsteadframe is unfolded, the rear side of the mattress-frame (the plates 10 being considered parts of the frame) rests upon the brace-rods 8 and 9, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Figs. 2 and 6, the forward side of the mattress-frame rests upon vertically-adjustable lips or projections 13, secured upon the posts 7 of the folding sections Z),higher than the brace-bars, and the trunnions 12 rest in the horizontal slots 11 near the forward ends of said slots. The purpose of this sliding connection between the mattressframe and bedstead-frame is to permit the mattress-frame to be folded or swung into the vertical position without having the mattress or the frame or bedding interfere with the brace-rod 8. It will be clear from an inspection of Fig. I that as the mattress-frame is tilted upward or downward the trunnions will rest in the recesses 11 and the mattressframe will swing radially around the trunnions. WVhen the mattress-frame is brought to the horizontal position, however, it fulcrums upon the brace 9 and the notches or recesses 11 are raised above the trunnions. The latter being then in line with the horizontal slots 11, the mattress-frame may be pushed rearward to its normal position upon the bars 8 and 9 and the projections 13. Figs. 5 and 6 show the folded and unfolded positions of the mattress and bedstead frames. In the folded position the supports 13, being higher than the brace-bar 9, extend over and do not interfere with said bar.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modification in which legs 1a are hinged to the ends of the mattress-frame near its forward side to support said frame instead of the projections 13 of the previously-described figures. These legs 14 are loosely hinged to the mattressframe, and when the latter is in its folded position the legs will obviously hang vertically downward parallel with the ends of said frame, and when the mattress-frame is brought to the horizontal position the legs will extend downward and support the mattress. In this figure the folding sections 6 of the bed-frame are, with the exception of the projections 13, substantially the same in construction. as the corresponding sections in the previously-described figures; but the stationary sections a each have but one leg 2, which, as shown, is a continuation of the post 2. The post 1 is not extended to form a leg, as in Fig. 1. This bedstead is therefore supported upon four legs instead of six, and when the sections 6 are folded the bedstead will be supported at the ends and in the rear by the legs 2" and at the front and in the center by the legs 7 of the folding sections.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown a sliding hinged joint which is the reverse of the joint shown in the previously-described figures. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the trunnions 15 are secured to the ends of the mattress-frame and project into slots 16 in the cross-pieces 1 of the stationary sections. These slots are horizontal, and at their forward ends recesses 16 project downwardly from the slots. IV hen it is desired to fold the bed, the mattress is pulled forward until the trunnions 15 are at the forward ends of the slots 16 and is then tilted. The trunnions then enter and turn within the recesses 16 and the mattress and mattress-frame may be moved upward without interfering with the back brace. hen the mattress is lowered, it fulcrums upon the forward brace, and the trunnions are thereby raised out of the notch 16, so that the mattress-frame may be pushed horizontally rearward into its proper position.

The two brace-bars connect the stationary frame-sections rigidly together and serve as supports for the mattress-frame when the bed is unfolded, and the forward brace-bar 9 also serves as a fulcrum upon which the mattressframe rests when near the horizontal position for facilitating the engagement and disengagement of the trunnions with the notches or recesses at the ends of the slots. The front brace-bar may also serve as the sole support for the rear side of the mattressframe instead of having the latter rest upon both brace-bars. The brace-bars may be further connected at their ends to the legs by short inclined braces 17, and a canopy-frame C may be secured to the tops of the rear posts of the stationary sections, as shown in the drawings.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1S

1. In a folding bed, a bed-frame element comprising a pair of opposing stationary sections rigidly connected together, and a mattrcssframe element, one of said elements having horizontal slots extending transversely of the bed near its rear side and terminating in vertically-offset recesses, and the other of said elements having trunnions extending longitudinally of the bed into said slots, said bedframe element having means in front of said trunnions for supporting the rear portion of the mattress-frame element independently of the trunnions, when the latter is moved to horizontal position, to disengage the trunnions from the notches.

2. In a folding bed, two end frames comprising a pair of opposing stationary framesections rigidly connected together, a pair of folding frame-sections hinged to said stationary sections and movable about vertical axes, a mattress-frame having slots extending longitudinally in its end piece near the rear of the mattress-frame, the rear ends of said slots terminating in upwardly-offset notches, hori zontal trunnions secured to the stationary sections of said end frames and projecting into said slots, said trunnions being adapted to engage the recesses and form hinged joints therewith when the mattress-frame is moved forward and swung upwardly, and supporting means, independent of the trunnions, secured to said stationary sections immediately in front of the trunnions and adapted to support the rear portion of the mattress-frame when the latter is lowered into the horizontal position.

3. In a folding bed, two end frames, each comprising a stationary rear section and a folding forward section hinged thereto and movable about a vertical axis, front and rear brace-rods connecting the lower portions of said stationary sections together, and a mattress-frame hinged at its ends to said stationary sections, between said brace-rods, and having a horizontal sliding connection with said stationary sections, said front brace-rod being arranged to support the mattress-frame when the latter is moved into horizontal position.

1. In a folding bed, the combination with the mattress-frame having the horizontal slots 11 and the upwardly and forwardly extending notches 11 in its ends, of the bedstead-frame having the stationary sections a, the folding sections 5, the brace-rod 9, arranged to support the mattress-frame when the latter is moved into horizontal position, and the trunnions secured to the stationary sections at the rear of said brace-rod and projecting into said slots.

5. In a folding bedstead, the stationary end frame-sections (0, having vertical posts at their forward ends, the folding sections 6, hinged to said posts, the rear brace-rod 8, and the brace-rod 9 connected to said posts of said stationary sections, the latter rod being bent rearwardly at the center, and the mattressframe pivotally connected to said stationary sections.

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mattress-frame adapted, When in horizontal position, to rest upon said brace-rod and said projections, said mattress-frame having a slid I 0 ing and hinged connection With said stationary sections in the rear of and above the brace-bar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ARTHUR H. ANDREWS.

WVitn esses:

PHILIPP C. SoHNELL, GEO. E. LOVETT. 

